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Thursday, September 11, 2025
On The Road Again
September 11 2001 (will live in infamy) and I went out for a bike ride today.
After cycling up Cedar Hill Rd. bike lane to St. Luke Church, I turned around and headed for UVic.
The ongoing construction at Shelbourne St. is a hazard to cyclists but once past there it was up the hill to Gordon Head Rd.
After cycling thru the Alumni Trails, I emerged onto Cedar Hill X Rd. and back home by 11a.m.
Sunday, September 07, 2025
Arthur's Itanian Adventure 2025
The son (61yrs) of our late friend, is leaving to cycle in northern Italy. His destination is the City of Riccioni and its world-famous; Hotel Dory.
The hotel is best-known as one of the world's best locations for organized cycling adventures. One only has to show up and everything is at one's fingertips for a guanteed, lifetime, cycling experience.
The Dory Hotel has now been family-run for three generations. It all began in 1954, when it was still a small guesthouse with just a few rooms. Things have changed since then. Now, the Dory Hotels & Suite comprises three buildings: Hotel Dory, Residence Dory Suite and D-place. They’re all close to each other and share the same passion. The love of the Giuliodori family has been the glue over all these years. Hotel Dory, Residence Dory Suites website
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
UVic Loop
Wednesday while I had my bike out to cycle to the market, I took a short loop up through the University of Victoria (UVic) grounds.
Seen here are views from Haro Road Xing between UVic and Frank Hobbs Elementary School grounds.
This entire distance connects the roundabout at Cadboro Bay Rd. with the roundabout at Finnerty Rd.
Monday, August 11, 2025
Only Flat on the Bottom
I stopped to help this young couple with a flat tire on my outbound leg to Paldi, BC.
He was about to start the process of changing his inner tube with the new one when I suggested he use my Slime®
After giving them my bottle of Slime® I carried on to my destination.
Upon my inbound leg, they were still in the process.
Another cyclist had stoped and was replacing the inner tube for them.
They stated the Slime® could not be use as they could not remove the valve-stem from the offending inner tube.
The lad returned my Slime® and we all went our separate ways.
Friday, August 08, 2025
Cycle 20km roundtrip Duncan to Paldi, BC
“This is where I went and this is what I saw.”
Friday August 8th I cycled 20km roundtrip from Sherman Rd. in Duncan to Paldi, BC.
After checking out the new culvert under the trail near Sherman Rd. I stopped at the Chinese Cemetery,
At the 10km mark Paldi Road was located.
Paldi, BC. is former milltown and is still occupied by descendants and family members of its founder: Mayo Singh Manhas (1888-1955) and his wife, Bishan Kaur.
Elk Ridge Estates is currently clearing Paldi lands where Mayo's son, Rajindi, built his own airstrip to fly his twin-engine Baron aircraft in-and-out to maintain the family's business interests.
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Hibbens Close Bike Ride
Friday, July 25, 2025
Royal Bay Cycling while Bernice at Summit
Monday, July 21, 2025
iZip Juice XL Pro
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Deuce Days 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025
New Cadboro Bay Roundabout
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
Happy 158th Canader Day, eh?
We celebrated Canada's 158th Canada Day at the Victoria Scorrish Cultural Societies venue at Craigflower Farm.
In 1853-56, Kenneth McKenzie had built The manor House for thc Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, a subisiary of the Hudsons Bay Company. McKenzie was overseer of Craigflower Farm.
The Irvines in Victoria BC — since 1851, are now descendants from John & Jessie Irvine who arrived at Fort Victoria May 14, 1851 aboard the sailing Barque Tory
In 1853, John was put to work constructing said Manor House at Craigflower.
The Irvines go back 172 years at Craigflower Farm — 14 year before there was a Canada. eh?
Our grandson participated in the Heavy Events display put on by the Victoria Highland Games Association members.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
All New Holt Creek Bridge
Tuesday I drove the Honda 60km to Glenora staging area beside the Trans Canada Trail
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Langford gets Evo eBikes/eScooters
Thursday I drove the Benz to Langford BC from our home in Victoria.
Evo Bike Share (created by BCAA) held an official launch of their rental programs near Langford City Hall.
I like to support ant local business trying to improve local transportation. To this end I subscibed to the now-defunct U-bike program in the city of Victoria bak in the day and have been a subsciberto Evo Car Share for a couple of years.
Although I own two ebikes (a mid-drive and a hub-drive) I will use the Langford Evo units as an alternative to my cycling in that area. It will save me a 12km ride (24km roundtrip) from home to be able to pick up a ride right in Langford.
I've riden that distance so many times I'm done with it!
The Evo ebikes bikes are quite revolutionary in that they have no gears to change; one simply starts pedalling and the built-in computer figures the res out for the rider.
After riding on leval surfaces for about ten minutes, I've concluded the bike woul not fare well on hills.
These bikes are reportedly hub-drive but don't act like hub-drives. They aredead-stick — no power at all — until eh pedal is pushed down with great effort to energize it.
This is remiscent of my mid-drive Del Sol ebike. You don't pedal you don't go.
I have not riden my mid-drive ebike since buying my hub-drive bike over two years ago. The hub-drive has a throttle button and just a touch of it launches one forward with ease and then lets the pedalling begin. Much nicer at 88yrs of age.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Colwood Gateway Overpass
About the Galloping Goose Regional Trail in Colwood.
The Galloping Goose Regional Trail (GGT) is a picturesque multi-use trail that runs through the heart of Colwood as it follows the old railway line on its 55km journey from Victoria to Sooke.
The trail, which is owned and maintained by the Capital Regional District, attracts thousands of users every day. From March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025 a total of 270,077 pedestrians and cyclists have passed the automated counter on the Galloping Goose Regional Trail near Wale Road.
The new Colwood Gateway Bridge will allow for a safe, seamless connection that encourages more residents and visitors to travel in and around Colwood on foot or by bike, supporting the City's goals for improved health and well being, easing traffic congestion, improving air quality, and reducing our climate impact.
